Mamoru Hosoda

Mamoru Hosoda
Mamoru Hosoda
細田守
	Hosoda in 2016
Born	September 19, 1967 (age 57); Kamiichi, Toyama, Japan
Other names	Hashimoto, Katsuyo (橋本カツヨ); Sodama, Moruho (遡玉洩穂); Shirai, Chiaki (白井千秋);
Alma mater	Kanazawa College of Art
Occupations	Animator; film director; filmmaker; screenwriter; storyboard artist; novelist;
Years active	1991–present
Employers	Toei Animation (1991–2005); Studio Chizu (2011–present);
Notable work	Digimon Adventure (1999); Digimon Adventure: Our War Game! (2000); The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006); Summer Wars (2009); Wolf Children (2012); The Boy and the Beast (2015); Mirai (2018); Belle (2021);

Mamoru Hosoda (細田守, Hosoda Mamoru, born September 19, 1967) is a Japanese film director and animator.^[1] He is known for the short films that made up Digimon: The Movie (2000), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006) and Summer Wars (2009). He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Animated Feature Film at the 91st Academy Awards for his seventh film Mirai (2018).^[2]